Service is not an optional part of being an assistant professor. The trick is knowing how to do enough without doing too much. In Part 1 of this series, the author enumerated the "good deeds" that assistant professors do in the realm of teaching that tend to blow up or backfire. He cautioned that, while doing good for students was their primary…

Describes the varied duties of a faculty member of New York University's online, for-profit subsidiary, NYUonline. Hired for her business acumen more than for her degree, the adjunct associate professor's job description differs from that of traditional academics and involves marketing as well as teaching. Notes concerns by traditional academics…

Describes how a few college coaches still teach in the classroom, but that the demands of each job have become too great for many to play the dual roles. Includes brief profiles of a few such professors. (EV)

An American Association of University Professors report on faculty workload uses federal data to refute perceptions that faculty spend too little of their professional time on teaching. Faculty are faulted for biased public opinion. Recent Ohio legislation mandating larger undergraduate teaching loads is also criticized by professors for its…